- Ruffini’s corpuscules are also known as bulbous corpuscle
- These structures are receptors which are sensitive to stretch.
- They are located in the deeper dermis and are numerous in the limb extremities such as the fingers.
- They allow us to have an idea of positioning when doing a movement when moving away to the resting position – for example when the finger is bent to as when it is in a straight (resting) position.
- They are also important for grip and are very sensitive to the movement (slippage) of object (they are very dense in the area of the fingernails)
Ruffini’s corpuscules (structure)
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